A runaway cab crashes into a crowded midtown sidewalk, hitting a cyclist and British tourist. Courtesy AAJA Voices/NY Daily News

The driver of the taxi that jumped the kerb and severed the leg of a British tourist in Manhattan has blamed his road rage at a cyclist. Picture: Twitter/6milesup Source: Twitter

THE road-rage cabby who jumped a Manhattan kerb and crushed a young British tourist admitted yesterday hes a lousy driver who has no business behind the wheel.

"I don’t want to drive a taxi," Mohammed Faysal Himon, 24, told The New York Post in an exclusive interview from a relative’s home in The Bronx.

Mr Himon - who was not authorised to drive the cab that slammed into Sian Green, 23, likely costing her both legs - copped to a previous laundry list of moving violations, including an accident that injured a passenger in 2010.

"I need a more suitable job. There’s too much stress when you’re driving in the city," Mr Himon said.

Mr Himon, a native of Bangladesh who has been in the United States for nearly five years, admitted he flew into a fit of road rage when he and bike messenger Kenneth Olivo crossed paths.

"He was in my way and I got upset, so I gave him notice that I wanted to pass through," he said, meaning he leaned on his horn.

"He started pounding on my car with his hands and was yelling things at me. I suddenly felt like I had to get out of there. It was becoming a bad situation. So I accelerated to get in front of him."

At that point, Mr Himon went on, "everything becomes cloudy" as he crashed into Ms Green, who was munching a hot dog with her best pal, Keshia Warren near the famous Radio City Music Hall.

"I don’t know how, but I just lost control of the car," Himon said. "I was in shock.When I crashed, I didn’t even see the lady. At first, I didn’t think I hit anyone, then I saw her foot by my car. I can’t get it out of my mind."

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